SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggests Starlink users will get better signal quality after the company lowers approximately 4,400 satellites by about 70 kilometers.

Hundreds of satellites may soon be flying in orbital regions that are already too packed to allow safe and long-term operations, a new study suggests. The study found that, while in 2019 only 0.2% of ...

A Nvidia-backed startup is seeking U.S. approval to launch tens of thousands of satellites ...

China launched Yaogan Satellite into space 16 March with 8 satellites into orbit with Kuaizhou-11 Y7 rocket marking its fifth flight. This launch happened from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North ...

New research examines how smaller satellites in lower orbits could reduce collision risks and debris generation while maintaining high-resolution Earth observation capabilities.

WASHINGTON — Developers of wildfire-detection satellites are moving beyond raw data delivery, adding tools that show firefighters and researchers when satellites will actually pass over the areas they ...

Will Crowe, chief executive of HEO, shows how the company has improved imaging of spacecraft in low Earth orbit, such as the Tiangong space station. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust SYDNEY — An Australian ...

With more and more internet satellites launching every year, scientists are growing increasingly concerned about the rising risk of collisions. The CRASH Clock is a new predictor of how much time ...

SpaceX has announced that it's lowering the orbits of some 4,400 Starlink satellites following a near miss with a new Chinese satellite last year. SpaceX says the shift, which will take place ...

Researchers used a pair of powerful supercomputers to simulate the potential trajectories of 1 million satellites in a cislunar orbit between Earth and the moon. Less than 10% of these orbits remained ...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. & TOULOUSE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Impulse Space, the leader for in-space mobility, and Infinite Orbits, the France-based in-orbit services company, have reinforced their ...